My family is still lecturing me for taking my LO out at 2 weeks old. They make me feel like a horrible parent basically because I went to target.. I basically ran in with her to buy diapers, and I kept her covered the entire time. My family makes comments about how I shouldn't have taken her out etc. my LO will be a month old this weekend, and I was really wanting to take my DH out for Father's Day lunch. Does anyone know if its ok to take LO out to lunch to celebrate his first Father's Day. I will keep her covered and pick a nice place, but I don't want to take her if its not safe etc. thanks for any advice!
Re: Any advice...
Our pediatrician recommended no crowded places until at least a month, like church, stores, restaurants, etc. We did take DD#2 to DD#1's preschool graduation at 10 days old, but it was outdoors and I kept her covered as much as possible and sat a bit away from the rest of the group, with another mom and her newborn.
If it were me, I'd probably avoid going out on Father's Day, it will be mega crowded. Perhaps carryout from DH's favorite place instead?
I took my son out at 6 days old, and have been regularly ever since.
This is you & DH's baby so do what you two as parents are comfortable with. Why shouldn't you take her out as a family to celebrate father's day!
DH and I plan to take DD to a friend's BBQ this Saturday and my SIL all but questioned my sanity.
My pedi recommended avoiding overly crowded areas such as malls for 8 weeks, but we're using our judgment otherwise.
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This is pretty much a direct quote from my pedi as well, laugh and all.
He goes everywhere I go because we've got to get groceries life goes on, especially with 3 kids!
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I asked my doctor about this with DS1 with full FTM paranoia. She laughed and said, "If babies were that susceptible to germs, they wouldn't be born in hospitals."
I take my boys pretty much everywhere I go. DS1 went to the stable with me at just 2 weeks old, and the twins went with me to pick up diapers at 5 days old.
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My pediatrician explained to me that the issue is that if the baby gets sick and gets a fever before 6 weeks old it's a trip to the ER, so that is why you should avoid the typical germy places. But if you are practicing good hygiene then you are good to go out. It's not like you're going to let strangers lick your baby. My son has been out in public almost every day since he was 5 days old. I keep him covered up and use hand sanitizer before I touch him if my hands might be dirty. I started a new mom's group today and found that this is a divisive issue that folks have very differing opinions on, so to each her own, but I would be crazy if I couldn't take my son to the places I normally go to.
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Listen, one of my friends took her newborn to a party at a restaurant when he was three days old and she let anyone who asked hold him. One of our other mututal friends was at the party and "rescued" the baby by taking him outside and staying with him for much of the party. I'm not saying it was a good idea to bring a three day-old to an indoor party and pass him around, but people do it and their babies are fine.
With my first, I kept him completely out of public (aside from Dr.'s office) for four full weeks. With my second, I took him to Target around 2.5 weeks (no one got near him), and by three weeks had taken him to five or six other places where no one really had a chance to get near him. I'm taking him to my office field day this Friday for my coworkers to meet him. It will be outdoors and they'll probably keep their distance for the most part. I don't plan to offer up holding him to anyone, although I will let people if they specifically ask. They probably won't, though. He will be a month old at that point.
As PP's said, stay out of crowded indoor situations, especially ones where people will expect to be able to hold/touch your baby. If you're outside or in situations where people will leave you alone, then I wouldn't worry too much at this point.
This for both this lil guy and DS1. My pedi never once said we had to stay indoors and DS1 was born end of Oct in MN.